German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German willenvarn, a univerbation of sīns willen vāren (to act according to someone's wishes), with vāren = to strive; the second part is not identical with German fahren.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɪlˈfaːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: will‧fah‧ren
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Verb

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willfahren (weak, third-person singular present willfahrt, past tense willfahrte, past participle willfahrt or gewillfahrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated, formal) to obey

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “willfahren”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 891

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